by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 12, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“We’re the Order Of Porta Pots (OOPP). We started getting together in 1996 at Spanish Park for Joe Cain Day in Mobile. I grew up nearby on Conception Street and remember when this park was built. The parades started behind our house, but they weren’t as big back...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 12, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I’m a Jersey girl who loves Mobile and Mardi Gras. I came here twenty years ago when my kids moved south for school. I’m in the Order of Venus. There’s nothing like the ride. They play such good music that I start dancing, forgetting to throw. I always leave...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 11, 2024 | A Southern Soul
Danielle: “This is our Double Ds weekend. We are Danielle and Deanna–both queens of the Mobile Mystics. Our husband and boyfriend don’t like Mardi Gras, so we load up and do this weekend together.” Deanna: “I was queen in 2000. Danielle was queen in 2007. We met when...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 10, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“My son is the Junior Monarch King for the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA). Ashton wore a blue suit and baby blue shirt for today’s Royal Luncheon, so we all wore blue. He’s the first junior king in our family. I’m trying to be sensible throughout the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 9, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I take the bus to the Mardi Gras parades. I left my house at 3:30 this afternoon. I got off the bus and walked to my spot for every parade. I’m a little dizzy from walking because I have high blood pressure. After the parade, I’ll catch the last bus home. I...
